# serrar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin serrare.

### Verb

serrar (first-person singular indicative present serro, past participle serráu)
* to saw (cut with a saw)

#### Related terms

* serra
* sierra

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [səˈra]
* IPA: (Valencia) [seˈraɾ]

### Etymology 1

From Latin serrāre (“to saw”). First attested in 1283.

#### Verb

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrí, past participle serrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive) to saw

##### Related terms

* serra

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“to close”). First attested in the 14th century.

#### Verb

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrí, past participle serrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive) to squeeze (e.g. someone's hand); to clench (one's teeth)

##### Derived terms

* serracaps

### Further reading

* “serrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “serrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “serrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “serrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrei, past participle serrado)
* to saw

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* serrátil
* serrón

### Further reading

* “serrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “serrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ladino
### Verb

serrar (Latin spelling)
* Alternative form of aserrar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese serrar, from Latin serrāre (“to saw”), from serra (“saw”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [seˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [seˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /seˈʁa(ɾ)/ [seˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [seˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seˈʁa(ɻ)/ [seˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈʁa.ɾi/
* Homophone: cerrar
* Hyphenation: ser‧rar

### Verb

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrei, past participle serrado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to saw (cut with a saw)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* serra-garoupa
* serra-osso
* serra-pau
* serra-serra

#### Related terms

* serra
* serração
* serradeira
* serradela
* serradiço
* serradinho
* serrado
* serrador
* serragem
* serraleiro
* serralha
* serralhar
* serralharia
* serraria
* serrátil
* sérreo
* serrote

### Further reading

* “serrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “serrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “serrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “serrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “serrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “serrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* sarar (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Late Latin serāre, from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”).

### Verb

serrar
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) to close

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish serrar, from Latin serrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈraɾ/ [seˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: se‧rrar
* Homophone: (Latin America) cerrar

### Verb

serrar (first-person singular present sierro, first-person singular preterite serré, past participle serrado)
* (transitive) to saw
    Synonym: aserrar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* aserrar
* serrería

#### Related terms

* serrín
* serruchar
* serrucho
* sierra

#### Further reading

* “serrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10